CIVITAS RESOURCES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Civitas' Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary
- Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary
Adrian serves as Civitas' Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary. Adrian previously was the General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary of Aris Water Solutions, Inc. where he oversaw the company's legal, human resources, insurance, real estate, land and regulatory teams. Prior to Aris Water Solutions, Adrian served as the Vice President and General Counsel of Headlands Research, Inc. and spent 8 years at Concho Resources Inc., most recently serving as Deputy General Counsel until its sale to ConocoPhillips. Adrian began his career at Latham & Watkins LLP, where he represented clients from various industries in corporate and securities matters. Adrian holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Marketing from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Milton earned his Juris Doctorate from The University of Chicago Law School.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Senior Vice President, Rockies
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Senior Vice President, Business Development
- Senior Vice President, Business Development and Reserves
Brian Kuck serves as Senior Vice President, Business Development and Reserves for Civitas Resources. Brian has 25 years of industry experience, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Planning for Stephens Natural Resources. Prior to Stephens, Brian worked for Anadarko Petroleum where he held positions of increasing responsibility within operations and finance including business development, investor relations, and planning. In his last role as Vice President of Corporate Development and Land, he led Anadarko's global acquisitions, divestitures, and business development efforts closing more than $8 billion of transactions. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Washington and Lee University and an MBA from Rice University.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chief Financial Officer of Driltek Inc
Carrie Fox serves as an Independent Director for Civitas Resources, Inc. Ms. Fox currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Driltek Inc., a privately held global onshore and offshore upstream operations and decommissioning company. She is also the founder of Cygnet Resources, a real property investment company. Before Driltek Inc., Ms. Fox served as the Vice President of Business Development for California Resources Corporation from 2014 to 2020. Ms. Fox had previously served in multiple positions for Occidental Petroleum including Reservoir Management Team Leader from 2012 to 2014, Manager of California State Government Affairs from 2010 to 2012 and as a Reservoir and Production Engineer from 2006 to 2010. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from California Polytechnic State University.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Carrie Hudak serves as an Independent Director for Civitas Resources, Inc. and Chairman of the ESG Committee. Ms. Hudak previously served as Anadarko Petroleum Corporation's Vice President, DJ Basin Development from May 2017 to September 2019. Prior to that, Ms. Hudak served in various management positions at Anadarko, including General Manager, DJ Basin Development and Execution from March 2016 to May 2017, and Director, Rockies Business Development from November 2014 to March 2016. Ms. Hudak had previously served the non-profit organization, Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development, as its Chairperson from 2018 to 2019, and as a Board Member from 2017 to 2018. Ms. Hudak also served as Treasurer and Executive Board Member for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association from 2017 to 2019. Ms. Hudak received her master's degree in Geology from Duke University and her bachelor's degree in Geology from Miami University.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Deborah Byers serves as an Independent Director for Civitas Resources, Inc. Ms. Byers retired as a Partner from Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") in July 2022 after 36 years of service in Public Accounting while holding multiple leadership roles. From July 2018 to her retirement, she was EY's America's Industry Leader overseeing the markets and growth strategy across its primary industry markets including Energy, Industrials & Automotive, Consumer, Technology, Telecom, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Real Estate, Private Equity, and Government. Ms. Byers was EY's Houston Office Managing partner and US Energy Leader from July 2013 to July 2018, and Managing Partner of the Southwest Region Strategy & Transactions business unit from July 2008 to July 2013. In these roles, she was a leader in the global energy markets and worked with corporations and investment funds in all phases of energy investment across the sector. Ms. Byers currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Excelerate Energy, Inc. and Kinetik Inc. where she is the Audit Committee Chair overseeing key areas of financial reporting, ESG, and overall enterprise risk. Ms. Byers remains very active mentoring young professionals, and is passionate about supporting women in energy while engaging publicly on all things Energy Transition and Transformation. Ms. Byers holds a BBA from Baylor University in Waco, Texas and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Hodge Walker is the Chief Operating Officer of Civitas Resources. Prior to joining Civitas in 2023, Mr. Walker served as Vice President of Chevron Corporation's Rockies Business Unit, a position he held since October 2020 when Chevron acquired Noble Energy, Inc. Before joining Chevron, Mr. Walker served as Senior Vice President responsible for Noble's U.S. onshore operations. He also served as a director of Noble Midstream GP and as Noble's Vice President of West Africa and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, Mr. Walker served as Noble's Director of Strategic Planning, Environmental Analysis, and Reserves; managed Noble's operated West Africa assets, non-operated international assets, and frontier business ventures; and was a member of the business development team. Prior to joining Noble in 2007, Mr. Walker held various positions of increasing importance at Amoco Corporation and BP America, Inc. Mr. Walker holds a BS and MS in Geology from Louisiana State University and completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Howard Willard III serves as an Independent Director for Civitas Resources, Inc. and Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Willard was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Altria Group, Inc. from May 2018 to April 2020. Previously, Mr. Willard was Altria's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from March 2015 to May 2018 and their Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2011 to February 2015. Mr. Willard joined Altria in 1992 as Assistant Controller and progressed through a series of more senior positions. Mr. Willard previously worked at Salomon Brothers and Bain & Co. Mr. Willard also served as board member of SABMiller plc from 2009 to July 2015. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
James Trimble serves as an Independent Director for Civitas Resources, Inc. Mr. Trimble brings more than 45 years of oil and gas industry experience and was President and Chief Executive Officer of PDC Energy from 2011 to 2015. During this period, he led the organization through exceptional growth and value creation for PDC shareholders. Prior to PDC, he founded and led several oil and gas companies focused primarily on drilling in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. In addition, Mr. Trimble served as the Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production for Cabot Oil and Gas for 17 years. Mr. Trimble holds a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from Mississippi State University and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Chief Transformation Officer
Jeff Kelly is Chief Transformation Officer for Civitas Resources. Prior to joining Civitas in 2023, Mr. Kelly served as Managing Director, Asset Management at The Blackstone Group where he drove growth, value creation, and strategic transformation within its Private Equity Energy portfolio. Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Kelly held various leadership positions within Anadarko Petroleum's onshore, international and midstream divisions. Most recently, Mr. Kelly served as the Vice President of WCTP Company where he led Anadarko Petroleum's Ghana Business Unit. Before joining Anadarko, Mr. Kelly served as the Director, Operations & Costs Consulting for IHS Inc. He has also held positions with Accenture and Schlumberger. He previously served on the Boards of Guidon Energy Holdings, OSUM, Bow & Arrow Holdings, LLC, and Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber. Mr. Kelly graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Jeffrey Wojahn serves as an Independent Director for Civitas Resources, Inc. Mr. Wojahn previously served as Executive Vice President of EnCana Corporation from 2003 to 2013 and was President of Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. from 2006 to 2013. Beginning in 1985, Mr. Wojahn held senior management and operational positions in Canada and the United States and has extensive experience in unconventional resource play development. He served as the Executive Chairman of MiddleFork Energy Partners since March 2017 and served as a Strategic Advisory Board member for Morgan Stanley Energy Partners from October 2014 until April 2017. Mr. Wojahn currently serves on the board of directors of Penn Virginia Corporation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geophysics from the University of Calgary in 1985.
Job Titles:
- Chief Sustainability Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Job Titles:
- Certified Public Accountant
- Chief Accounting Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
- Senior Vice President
Kayla Baird is Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for Civitas Resources. Ms. Baird is a Certified Public Accountant with 26 years of experience in the oil and gas industry having served as Vice President, U.S. Accounting and Corporate Services for Baytex Energy Corp. following its acquisition of Ranger Oil Corporation, where she served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Ms. Baird's career also includes serving as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of EnVen Energy Corporation, Chief Accounting Officer at Permian Resources, LLC and various executive positions at ConocoPhillips. Ms. Baird began her career working for 13 years in public accounting, primarily for EY LLP, auditing large public oil and gas companies. She holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Langston University.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Executive Team
- President
M. Christopher Doyle ("Chris") is the President and CEO of Civitas Resources. Prior to joining Civitas in 2022, Mr. Doyle was President and CEO of Primexx Energy and CEO of Rock Ridge Royalty Company, privately held companies with exploration and production assets and minerals throughout the Delaware Basin of West Texas. From 2016 to 2020, he served as President and CEO of Olympus Energy focused in the southwest Pennsylvania portion of the Appalachian Basin. Prior to Olympus, he served as Executive Vice President of Operations at Chesapeake Energy where he was responsible for the company's Marcellus and Utica developments in the Appalachian Basin and the Powder River Basin assets in Wyoming. In addition, Mr. Doyle was responsible for Chesapeake's Marketing, Midstream, Supply Chain, and centralized Operations and Technical Support. Prior to Chesapeake, he spent 18 years at Anadarko Petroleum in various leadership roles, most recently as Vice President of Operations for the Southern and Appalachia Region. Mr. Doyle holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. from Rice University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
- Treasurer
Marianella Foschi is Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Civitas Resources. Prior to this role, Ms. Foschi was Chief Financial Officer of Extraction Oil and Gas where she was recognized by the Denver Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 award winner. Prior to joining Extraction, Ms. Foschi was an associate at the Blackstone Group, focusing on debt and equity investing across the energy sector. Previously Ms. Foschi worked at Credit Suisse in Houston where she was involved in capital market transactions for oil and gas companies. She holds a bachelor's of business administration in finance and a bachelor's degree in economics, with highest honors, from the University of Texas at Austin.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Morris Clark serves as an Independent Director for Civitas Resources, Inc. and Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Clark served as a director of Extraction from January 2021 through October 31, 2021. Mr. Clark previously served as Vice President and Treasurer of Marathon Oil Corporation from 2014 to 2019 and Assistant Treasurer from 2007 to 2014. Following Mr. Clark's retirement from Marathon in 2019, he continues to be involved with several community-based and educational organizations, with a focus on higher education and broadband accessibility in underserved communities. Prior to Marathon, Mr. Clark served as Senior Tax Counsel at Enron North America, as a Tax Attorney at the law firm of Bracewell & Patterson, and as a Senior Accountant with Touche Ross & Company. Mr. Clark serves on the Board of Directors for Sitio Royalties Corp. and also on the Board of Trustees for the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. He holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Southern University, a Juris Doctor from Tulane Law School, and a Master of Laws from New York University School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Civitas' Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Permian
Sam Blatt serves as Civitas' Senior Vice President in its Permian operations. Sam previously was the Chief Executive Officer of Blue Ox Resources and before that, was the Chief Operating Officer at Primexx Energy Partners where he led a multi-disciplinary team focused on the development of their Delaware Basin assets. Prior to Primexx, Sam served as Director of Operations for J Cleo Thompson Petroleum where his responsibilities included Asset Management, Reserves, Completion Design, and Business Planning for their Delaware and Midland Basin assets. Sam graduated with a B.S. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from West Virginia University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Administrative Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
- Secretary
Travis Counts is Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary of Civitas Resources, Inc. Prior to this role, Mr. Counts was Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Civitas and before that a partner at the law firm Bracewell LLP. From 2013 to 2021, Mr. Counts was General Counsel of Concho Resources Inc., most recently serving as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, until its sale to ConocoPhillips. Prior to 2013, Mr. Counts served as Vice President, Legal and Deputy General Counsel of Halcon Resources Corp. and as Associate General Counsel-Corporate of Petrohawk Energy Corp. Previously Mr. Counts practiced law as a member of the Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Tulane University School of Law where he graduated magna cum laude and a member of the Order of the Coif.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Independent Chairman
Wouter van Kempen is Chairman of the Board of Directors for Civitas Resources, Inc. Mr. van Kempen was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer for DCP Midstream from January 2013 until December 2022. Mr. van Kempen was previously DCP Midstream's President and Chief Operating Officer from September 2012 until January 2013, where he led the gathering and processing and the marketing and logistics business units and oversaw all corporate functions of the organization; President, Gathering and Processing, from January 2012 to August 2012; President, Midcontinent Business Unit, and Chief Development Officer, from August 2010 to December 2011. Prior to joining DCP Midstream in August 2010, Mr. van Kempen was President of Duke Energy Generation Services from September 2006 to July 2010 and Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions from December 2005 to September 2006. Mr. van Kempen joined Duke Energy in 2003 and served in a number of management positions. Prior to Duke Energy, Mr. van Kempen was employed by General Electric, where he served in increasing roles of responsibility becoming the staff executive for corporate mergers and acquisitions in 1999. Mr. van Kempen holds a Masters in Business Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.